Assessing Early Warning Systems : How Have they Worked in Practice? /
Since 1999, the IMF's staff has been tracking several early-warning-system (EWS) models of currency crisis. The results have been mixed. One of the long-horizon models has performed well relative to pure guesswork and to available non-model-based forecasts, such as agency ratings and private an...
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| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2004.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2004/052 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |
| Summary: | Since 1999, the IMF's staff has been tracking several early-warning-system (EWS) models of currency crisis. The results have been mixed. One of the long-horizon models has performed well relative to pure guesswork and to available non-model-based forecasts, such as agency ratings and private analysts' currency crisis risk scores. The data do not speak clearly on the other long-horizon EWS model. The two short-horizon private sector models generally performed poorly. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (45 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
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